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A cheat’s guide to Power BI report design

Quick Power BI report design using PowerPoint. How I create a custom Colour Palette and Theme in 5 easy steps. When designing reports I look to an organisation’s style guide…

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Published April 18, 2021
Categorized as How To's

Just because you can…

I’d seen a number of blogs of late using the phrase “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should”. I don’t think I’ll ever get to the bottom of where…

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Published April 10, 2021
Categorized as Creative

Taking PureViz for a spin

I came across PureViz in my LinkedIn feed a week or two ago. It immediately caught my attention because lo and behold, there was a rotating turbine 🙂 “Ooh is…

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Published April 5, 2021
Categorized as Infographic, Power BI, PureViz, Reviews, SVG

On the importance of data literacy…

Well, checking your sources at least.. I once presented on Psuedo-Profound Bullshit (yes, it’s an academic term) and people’s receptivity to bullshit. To my own, and my teams amusement, I…

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Published March 5, 2021
Categorized as Data Literacy, Musings

Experiences with Charticulator

My experiments with Charticulator have never been particularly fruitful. It’s come a long way since I’ve first started using it, with drill-through capability available for pbiviz exports coming in handy…

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Published February 28, 2021
Categorized as Charticulator

Exploring Data-Driven SVG Part 4 Animation and Filters

After exploring SVG size, colour fill, pattern fill, rotation, polygon paths and arcs, the next natural progression was to explore filters and animation. There are a few methods to animating…

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Published February 26, 2021
Categorized as Creative, Experimentation, HTML Content Visual, SVG

Exploring Data-Driven SVG Part 3 Polygons and Arcs

Following Data-Driven SVG Parts 1 & 2; I next explored polygon paths and arcs. The below “infographic” was an exercise in creativity and was never intended to inform. Thus, breaks…

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Published January 4, 2021
Categorized as Creative, Experimentation, HTML Content Visual, SVG

Exploring Data-Driven SVG Part 2 (Rotation)

Having experimented with colour-fill and width I next wanted to play with rotation. How the devil was I to do that? Google is my friend. And so is CSS Tricks.…

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Published December 15, 2020
Categorized as Creative, Experimentation, HTML Content Visual, Infographic, SVG

Exploring Data-Driven SVG Part 1 (Colour-fill and Size)

In earlier years of using Power BI I came across an article by David Eldersveld on utilising SVG and colour fill. I was wrapped with the idea and immediately set…

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Published November 16, 2020
Categorized as Creative, Experimentation, HTML Content Visual, Infographic, Power BI, SVG

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